Progress
Moral progress has happened not because of, but in spite of woke activism
People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
We have to be more precise about progress
What sort of progress do we want, and how are we going to get it?
The common thread of progress
Textile abundance has underpinned the modern world
Casting light in dark corners
No other historian can provide a better introduction to a big subject
The dishwasher dream
How domestic technology saved us time
We are not so far from the Victorians
There is no cause for despair
The revolution will not be tweeted
Gal Beckerman’s history of how high-speed communication prevents social change
Old TV keeps us grounded
What started as nostalgic escapism became much more
The time is ripe for innovation
Natascha Engel reviews How Innovation Works, by Matt Ridley
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
